2002 Public Utilities Commissioner - 6 year term
			
     
	
		|  | Gary Hanson - R | Pam Nelson - D | 
    
	
		| AURORA | 815 | 734 | 
	
		| BEADLE | 4015 | 3586 | 
	
		| BENNETT | 584 | 908 | 
	
		| BON HOMME | 1612 | 1562 | 
	
		| BROOKINGS | 5922 | 4841 | 
	
		| BROWN | 8502 | 7694 | 
	
		| BRULE | 1078 | 1265 | 
	
		| BUFFALO | 154 | 587 | 
	
		| BUTTE | 2290 | 1069 | 
	
		| CAMPBELL | 597 | 261 | 
	
		| CHARLES MIX | 1988 | 2150 | 
	
		| CLARK | 1111 | 959 | 
	
		| CLAY | 2326 | 2540 | 
	
		| CODINGTON | 6330 | 4568 | 
	
		| CORSON | 540 | 902 | 
	
		| CUSTER | 2147 | 1227 | 
	
		| DAVISON | 4517 | 3075 | 
	
		| DAY | 1521 | 1658 | 
	
		| DEUEL | 1054 | 1026 | 
	
		| DEWEY | 562 | 1514 | 
	
		| DOUGLAS | 1334 | 452 | 
	
		| EDMUNDS | 1194 | 942 | 
	
		| FALL RIVER | 1791 | 1223 | 
	
		| FAULK | 711 | 528 | 
	
		| GRANT | 1858 | 1786 | 
	
		| GREGORY | 1215 | 1029 | 
	
		| HAAKON | 778 | 309 | 
	
		| HAMLIN | 1575 | 1100 | 
	
		| HAND | 1316 | 956 | 
	
		| HANSON | 1095 | 640 | 
	
		| HARDING | 524 | 192 | 
	
		| HUGHES | 5227 | 2850 | 
	
		| HUTCHINSON | 2416 | 1324 | 
	
		| HYDE | 421 | 403 | 
	
		| JACKSON | 596 | 503 | 
	
		| JERAULD | 637 | 605 | 
	
		| JONES | 418 | 248 | 
	
		| KINGSBURY | 1596 | 1305 | 
	
		| LAKE | 2861 | 2466 | 
	
		| LAWRENCE | 5576 | 3388 | 
	
		| LINCOLN | 7883 | 4342 | 
	
		| LYMAN | 831 | 1042 | 
	
		| MARSHALL | 945 | 1026 | 
	
		| MCCOOK | 1595 | 1235 | 
	
		| MCPHERSON | 994 | 421 | 
	
		| MEADE | 5517 | 2772 | 
	
		| MELLETTE | 407 | 446 | 
	
		| MINER | 670 | 655 | 
	
		| MINNEHAHA | 37390 | 26072 | 
	
		| MOODY | 1441 | 1576 | 
	
		| PENNINGTON | 20560 | 12332 | 
	
		| PERKINS | 1012 | 481 | 
	
		| POTTER | 860 | 595 | 
	
		| ROBERTS | 1855 | 2339 | 
	
		| SANBORN | 671 | 676 | 
	
		| SHANNON | 232 | 2773 | 
	
		| SPINK | 1809 | 1671 | 
	
		| STANLEY | 849 | 578 | 
	
		| SULLY | 503 | 364 | 
	
		| TODD | 457 | 1934 | 
	
		| TRIPP | 1685 | 1214 | 
	
		| TURNER | 2497 | 1642 | 
	
		| UNION | 2797 | 2207 | 
	
		| WALWORTH | 1414 | 1030 | 
	
		| YANKTON | 4679 | 3798 | 
	
		| ZIEBACH | 313 | 554 | 
	
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		| TOTALS - 318820 | 180670 | 138150 | 
	
		| PERCENTAGE | 56.67% | 43.33% |